Monday, June 26, 2006

Sweet Sailplane For Sale

Gerry Whitson is selling his ASW-15:
I wanted to give CISS club members the first chance to buy my ASW-15. If you're interested, please contact me via email.

Here are the details.
Interior = 9.0
Exterior = 9.0

1970 ASW-15
- Gelcoat and Winglets done 1995 by David Nelson.
- Garmin 90 GPS
- EW View Data logger and software
- Cambridge Mnav w/vario
- Winter mechanical vario
- Total time = 1855.3 (as of 06/22/06)
- Last annual 11/01/05 by John Murray (Eastern Sailplane)
- Shredder trailer with passive venting. I've towed N15LJ to Moriarty, NM the last two years.
- All tow out gear; tow bar, wing dolly, and tail dolly. All in great condition.
- Terra 720 radio (not working)
- plantronics headset, ptt switch on stick and small speaker behind pilot.
- Two wing stands and one tail stand.
- Cloth Canopy cover.
- Some spare parts, new tire tube and extra tail wheels.
- Canopy was replaced in mid 90's and frame reinforced with carbon fiber by
Nelson.
- Wedikind safety clips installed for aileron and divebrake connector rods.
(Big plus when rigging)
- Max takeoff wt. = 700 lbs.
Empty wt. = 516 lbs.
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Max pilot wt. = 184 lbs.

Improvements since May 2004, when I purchased N15LJ
- New Seatbelts (2006)
- Modified tow hook from offset CG position to Aero position (done by Eastern Sailplane in 2005)
- Installed new tow hook at same time
- Oxygen system (I've used this equipment the last two years in Moriarty, NM)
- EV54 Steel bottle
- Regulator
- Aerox Flowmeter
- Oxysaver cannula
- Laptop computer for running EW View and SeeYou Software
- One person (Udo) assembly dolly with all accessories (purchased 01/01/06)
- Relief system

N15LJ is a great first sailplane. My last flight was Diamond Distance.
Asking price is $21k. Pictures upon request.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

if this is still available please call me 520-440-6676 anytime or email at micskydive1@yahoo.com

cwspilot said...

I would be interested in looking at this ship. 517-688-4392 cwspilot@mindspring.com.

By the way, how is Rick @ Sundance aviation in Moriarity?

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